“The whipped ricotta with black truffle honey and garlic babka were a perfect pairing for apps, in my opinion.”
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“The whipped ricotta with black truffle honey and garlic babka were a perfect pairing for apps, in my opinion.”
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“The grilled pork shoulder was surprisingly good- probably the best dish we had, and its not touted by the influencers.”
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“Bad Roman probably. The food was hit or miss - my rock shrimp pasta was good, but the rest of my friends’ dishes were actually bad…flavorless, poorly plated, and very little else aside from meh noodles in the dishes”
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“Worst restaurant I’ve been to in years. It was so bad. Flavors had no balance, pasta was so overcooked it melted, lobster was tough as a shoe.”
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“My dish was not edible at Bad Roman and it didn’t even resemble what it was called on the menu. The service was very inexperienced for such a busy place.”
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“But the Caesar salad was great and so was the lemon cheesecake dessert.”
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“The whole roasted 2lb lobster with Calabrian pasta ($95) was a huge skip for me when I went earlier this year. The pasta was lukewarm, under sauced, and a tad overcooked. The lobster was also meh.”
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“Only eaten at Bad Roman once, but it was quite good. Not four-star kind of good, but The Smith kind of good: crowd-pleasing food with just enough originality to be interesting.”
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“bad roman 🤢 it was already so bad…then worsened by the fact that my boyfriend got food poisoning after :)”
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“Those pepperoni cups and ranch dressing at Bad Roman”
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“At Bad Roman I felt the pasta was meh but the tuna tartare and salad were amazing.”
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“Awful food and service, extremely instagrammable.”
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“We had the manager come out and apologize for how salty our pasta was. And the ravioli thing with the nacho cheese in it. The emperor was not wearing clothes when we visited.”
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“Worst meal: Bad Roman (the burger, the roni cups, the whole meal including drink)”
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“Nah, like most places on here it's no where near as bad as people make it out to be. It's not incredible by any means and it's far from the best value for money in the city, but it's a fine meal with some good dishes and enjoyable cocktails.”
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“Atmosphere was really quite nice, I can see what makes it an influencer favorite. The Spicy Gem Cesar was solid enough earning a 7.9 from us.”
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“Bad Roman, though wildly overhyped, is at least decent food tbh.”
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“Bad Roman is all influencer hype and not a true foodies spot worth visiting.”
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“Do not go to bad roman for their awful pasta and the hard as a brick lobster.”
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“I will say I tried bad Roman because an out of town friend made a reservation based on things she saw online and the reality was a bit disappointing for both of us - it’s in a mall, which I did not feel the ambiance could overcome and the food was mediocre in my opinion.”
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“Its like they bought carmines' pasta to go, made it stupid and then reheated.”
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“Bad Roman (been once) is a scene, but food is gimmicky AND boring, which is very hard to achieve. Thought most of the dishes lacked flavor.”
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“I don't want to waste my money on the overrated items.”
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“Honestly the spicy caesar was the tastiest dish I remember”
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“Would recommend the garlic babka, other pastas, and lemon dessert”
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“Over hyped, pricey, generally poor service with mediocre food.”
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“I love alcohol and it has to be bad for me to leave a drink behind. I only had half.”
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“I went there in late Feb for dinner and puked from 3-10am afterwards. They refunded me but wow”
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“I had some gross ass ravioli on a crappy filet at Bad Roman. It was $80. Do not go to Bad Roman...”
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“Service was good, food was good. Lemon cheesecake was so cute and tasty.”
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“Honestly nothing was ~bad, the only thing I got that I wouldn’t recommend is the roni cups; you get exactly what you’d expect and it was giving nothing haha.”
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“Bad Roman was so bad I sent a drink back… how can you mess up a cocktail that badly? Cilantro in pasta? One thing after another was extremely disappointing, especially given the hype and the prices.”
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“Chocolate Tarte at Bad Roman.”
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“It’s great. Better than Bad Roman.”
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“* Lemon Cheesecake @ Bad Roman”
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“Was really happy with the roasted garlic babka, but after that nobody was impressed.”
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“I love the vibe at Bad Roman but the food and beverage is average.”
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“My first time at Bad Roman, the food was fine and the service was terrible. My second time, the food was terrible and the service was great. I suppose it's sort of a mixed bag, but I will say that I never had a great meal there.”
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“The food isn’t per se bad but: 1. Overpriced 2. Italian-maximalist fusion - intended to polarise”
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“It feels like an elevated chain restaurant to me. It’s also pretty expensive and there is a disconnect between price and quality.”
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“I had good ones at bad Roman”
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“The desserts are the most fun. Even though from a health standpoint it’s bad advice to double up on sweets .. I would skip most of the appetizers and forgo alcohol to order more from the dessert options.”
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“Get the garlic babka - that was a highlight to me Short rib pappardelle was good And the cacio e Pepe pasta e carnet filetto was fun and great”
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“Even though everyone hates on Bad Roman, I thought their spicy Caesar was fantastic”
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“I did. For the Columbus Circle area it was fun, not impossible to get in, and I though reasonably priced.”
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“One pasta was super undercooked, the other was mush. It was just so so bad.”
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“I loved Bad Roman, the lobster was absolutely incredible and I ate every last bit of the lemon cheesecake.”
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“The food was OK, not worth the hype.”
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“People love to hate on Bad Roman, but their spicy Caesar is out of this world good”
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“I didn’t have a problem, but they’re just terribly overrated”
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